Rose plant--Gabriella

ABSTRACT

This novel rose variety is a mutation of Mercedes and differs therefrom in its blossom colors which are a slightly darker shade of red than that of the parent variety.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of roseplant of the floribunda class, which was discovered by me as acultivated sport of the floribunda rose Mercedes (U.S. Plant Pat. No.3,724) on a plant grown in Vallingby, Sweden.

On the Mercedes rose bush, I discovered that flowers on one of thebranches were distinctly different from a normal Mercedes, in both thetight bud and open flower. Propagation of the budding eyes of this onestem at Elmshorn, West Germany, and at Irvine, Calif., proved that thissport came through in successive propagations.

This new cultivar is substantially identical in all respect to itsparent, except for the difference in bud and blossom color noted above.The attached drawing shows the stem, leaves, and blossom stages of thenew cultivar.

As observed at Irvine, Calif., the new rose variety had a color in tightbud in accordance with Royal Horticultural Society Color Chart 45A. Inthe open flower, the color of the top of the petals was Wilson's ColorChart 721 and the reverse was Wilson's 721/3.

Being substantially identical to the parent variety except for theaforementioned distinctions, reference is made to U.S. Plant Pat. No.3,724 for further description of this variety.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the floribundaclass, substantially as herein shown and described, characterizedparticularly as to novelty by the described difference in bud and bloomcolor set forth above on a plant otherwise identical to the varietyMercedes.